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APPLICATION FILED 0pm. 9. 1913.

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AWNING.

Application filed. ()ctober 9, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BOWDEWINE C. KLINE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident or". the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Awnings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to awnings and has for its special object to provide a means whereby the rattling of the rods commonly used in connection with awnings, frequently due to wind, will be prevented.

The object of the invention is accomplished by providing means whereby horizontal and vertical supporting members for supporting awnings, tent flaps and the like, will bind or become locked when the horizontal member is in position to spread the awning, such as, when an awning is down, in order to prevent its being rattled by the wind.

The invention may be contained in many different structures and yet all of such structures will be within the purview of this application for a patent.

To show the manner in which a structure containing the invention may be constructed and operated, I shall hereinafter describe one and illustrate it in the drawing.

Referring to the drawings. Figure 1 illus trates a structure containing my invention. Fig. '2. illustrates the position of. the horizontal rod when the awning is partially raised. Fig. 3 illustrates the. position of the horizontal rod when the awning is down. Fig. 4 shows the binding loop of the horizontal rod. Fig. 5 shows a modification of the structure shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 6 and 7 show further modifications of the structure shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 8 and 9 are views similar to Figs. 6 and 7 but showing the transverse rod t in a raised or rising position.

1 in Fig. 1 is an awning which is secured by eyes 152 located in the window sill 3 I shaded by the awning, in a manner well known in the art. 1- is a rod extending horizontally from the building. The horizontal rod 4 may be made of three pieces comprising two pieces extending substantially perpendicular from the building and a rod joining the outer ends of the two perpendicular rods. or it may be made of a single rod bent in the form of a U. The looped central portion of the rod may be Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Serial No. 794,196.

bent in the form of a rectangle or in the form of a semicircle, according to the shape of the upper end of the window sill 3. The inner ends of the rod s are provided with bands 5. Each loop band 5 is bolted to the end of the rod l. 'Ihe loops 5 surround the vertical rods 6 which are secured to the sill 3 by means of screw and eyes 2. When the rod 4 is lowered to a horizontal position the loops 5 slide along the vertical rods 6, until it reaches the lower end of the rods 6 whereupon the rod swings outward and drops to a horizontal position. The lower ends of the rods 6 are provided with niches or We 7 formed by a rounded inward and a sharp outward bend S and 9. When the rod 4 is lowered and the bands 5 reach the niches 7 the bands 5 slide over the inwardly bent portions 8 and the ends of the rod i drop into the We 7 and wedge tight and lock. The bands 5, however, are too short to pass over the back or rear ends of the niches 7 and hence they retain their position about the bent portions 8. The ends of the rod 4 will thus be held secure in position since the end is wedged in between the sides of the niche. The more the wind acts upon it the tighter will it wedge and the more tightly will it be secured against rattling. The looped end or outer portion of the rod 4 may be tied down by means of a rope 10 in a manner well known in the art. This will operate to push the ends of the rod 4 into the niche. A continuation of rope 10 may be used for lifting awning. It passes over the pulley 11.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the horizontal rod 1% has at its inner ends fixed bands 15 located at an angle of about 45 degrees to the rod 14. The bands 15 readily slide up and down the vertical rods 16 fixed to the building when the outer edge of the awning is raised or lowered. When the horizontal rod 14 is lowered the ends move down the rods 16 until the lower edges of the bands 15 frictionally engage the backs of the inward bends 17 which form with the outward bends 18 the niche 19. The outer edge 20 of the awning falls and the bands then take the bends and the ends of the rod 1& slip into the niches 19 and as the outer edge of the canvas falls to its lowest position. the bands 15 bind on the rods 16 at the bends l7 and securely lock the horizontal rod 14:. The awning may be further secured by ropes as described in connection with Fig. 1, which will push the ends of the rod into the niches l9 and secure the awning from rattling.

In the modifications shown in Figs. 6 and 7 niches or recesses are cut into the vertical rods. The loops at the ends of the horizontal rod engage in the niches and prevent the rod from being whipped up and down by the wind. In Fig. 6 the vertical rod 20 is rectangular in crossed section. The plane of the rod is at right angles to the building. The niche 21 is located on the inner edge of the rod 20 and near the lower end. The loop 22 is formed out of the rod 4. or secured thereto by means of rivets in a permanent relation thereto. The rod 4: is raised and lowered in the same'manner as the rod l is raised and lowered in the awning shown in Fig. 1. When the rod at is raised the loop 22 slips over the rod 20, as indicated in the dotted line shown in Fig. 6. The corner of the niche 23 is slightly rounded so that the loop 22 will slip by the niche 21. When the rod is lowered it drops as far as the cloth of the awning will permit and then turns angularly and downward away from the building, it being supported in position by the cloth until it drops to the above position. The inner end of the loop 22 will thus swing into the niche 21 and will be held in that position. l urthermore, the rod at will bind on the rod 20 by the loop 22, engaging in the niche and the outer end of the loop, that is, the end to which the rod 4.- is secured will bind on the outer edge of the rod 20. This will securely hold the rod i from moving either up or down when the Wind whips the sheet material of the awning.

In Fig. 7 is shown a similar construction. The rod 2% is a round rod that is provided with a niche 25. The construction otherwise is similar to that shown in Fig. 6 and the operations ot' the two are identical.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows 1. In an awning, a vertical guide rod having a reentrant portion, and an awning bracing arm guided by said rod for sliding and angular movements relative thereto and having a part for fitting into the reentrant portion of said rod when the arm is in horizontally disposed awning bracing position.

2. In an awning, a vertical guide rod having a reentrant portion adjacent to its lower end, a horizontal awning bracing arm slidably and angularly movable relative to said rod and having its inner end fitting into the reentrant portion 01 the rod when the arm is in horizontal position, and a loop member angularly projecting from the inner end of said arm and slidingly embracing the rod.

3. In an awning, a vertical guide rod having a reentrant portion adjacent to its lower end, a horizontal awning bracing arm slidably and angular-1y movable relative to said rod and having its inner end fitting into the reentrant portion of the rod when the arm is in horizontal position, and a loop member connected to the inner end of said arm for angular adjustment relative thereto and slidingly embracing said rod.

In testimony. whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BOWDEIVINE C. KLINE.

Witnesses LENA ELFMAN, FRANCES E. SHAPIno.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

